INTRODUCTION I TASKS I PROCESS I EVALUATION I CONCLUSION I CREDITS I TEACHERS PAGE PROCESS TASK 1 Step 1 Click on the picture to find out what the logo is Step 2 Brainstorm session: Students to write down what they know about forests?
Use the KWL chart in EVALUATION Task 1 to record:
What you know about forests?
And/OR
Use Inspiration software to record Brainstorm session in words and pictures
Link to Inspiration software: http://www.inspiration.com/
Sign up for a free 30 day trial: http://www.inspiration.com/Educators Step 3
Create a Portfolio for your work and save in a folder with your name. Save your KWL chart here. Some ideas to get started:
Forest Structure/ Types of Forests /Location of Forests/ Importance of forests/ Livelihoods/ People of forests/ Forests matters/ Deforestation GO TO EVALUATION for KWL document to record GO TO TEACHERS PAGE for more information PROCESS TASK 2 Lets find out a bit more about the science in a temperate forest Step 1 Click on the pictures to find out Dirt Detectives: Trees & Soils Walk/Forest Layers Walk/I.D. a Tree Walk/Observing Seasonal Changes Walk Step 2
Write two interesting science facts for each video. Step 3
Share these facts with the class Step 4
Discuss as a class what this might mean for forests
Use the KWL chart in EVALUATION Task 1 to record findings
AND
As a class record what you have learnt more about forests using Inspiration software (from TASK 1) Step 5
Now go to this site and record three facts about a rainforest
Shades of Green: Earth's Forests (ThinkQuest):Journey into the Earth's forests: http://library.thinkquest.org/17456/
Rainforest: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/idit.htm Step 6 Extension Activity:
Carry out the same tasks shown in the forest walk in a local area chosen for fieldwork by your teacher.
For example, water or soil testing; place a board and return a fortnight later to see what has moved in; what lives under a rotting log; what life can you find?
Rotting Log Researcher: Do a real rotting log and leaf study http://nationalzoo.si.edu/education/conservationcentral/pdfs/M3rottinglog.pdf
ID It: online Dichotomous Key: Identify trees in your schoolyard, backyard, ot local bushland. Print out some pages to make up your own tree ID guide: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/idit.htm GO TO EVALUATION TASK 2 PROCESS TASK 3 Step 1 Play one or more of the games below: Forest Game:You can just click on the picture and it will go directly to the game,link below:
Or Play the Lorax Game
Or The Lorax Quest Game (use the FORTH arrow to navigate to game)
Step 2:What is your score for the Forest Manager Game?How many Tuffulla seeds did you collect?What score did other class members get? Step 3:Collect all the different scores from the class and record on an excel spreadsheet. If you played the Lorax Quest Game there are different levels as well. Step 4: Create different graphs from the results using the excel graph function.
Find out how to create a chart (graph) in MS Excel: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/create-a-chart-HP001233728.aspx GO TO EVALUATION TASK 3 PROCESS TASK 4 For this task you need to investigate: Is there a problem with palm oil?Step 1: The class can be divided into three research groups: 1. Palm Oil Production; 2. Palm Oil Products; 3. Palm Oil Plantations and orangutansGroup One: Palm Oil Production Your task is to report on:
What is Palm Oil? Where is Palm Oil Grown?; How is Palm Oil grown?; What is a plantation and how does it differ from other forests?; Why does the growing of palm oil lead to deforestation?; Can Palm Oil be grown sustainably?Background resources
What is palm oil?: WWF Australia http://www.wwf.org.au/our_work/saving_the_natural_world/forests/palm_oil/ Group Two: Palm Oil ProductsYour task is to report on:
What is palm Oil used for?; What products contain Palm Oil?; How are food products that contain palm oil labelled?; Are there any substitutes to palm oil?; Is Palm Oil a healthy substitute for other food oil products? Background resources Palm oil and health: http://www.palmoilaction.org.au/palm-oil-human-health.html
Palm oil action: http://www.palmoilaction.org.au/ Group Three: Palm Oil Plantations and orangutans Your task is to report on:
What effect do palm oil plantations have on the orangutans habitat?; What other species are under threat because of palm oil plantations in Indonesia?; What is being done to protect orangutans habitats in Indonesia?; What is being done in Australia to protect the habitat of the orangutan? Background resources
Grasp - the great ape Survival project of UNEP: http://www.unep.org/Gasp/Australian Orangutan Project: http://www.orangutan.org.auBorneo Orangutan Survival (BOS Australia) http://www.orangutans.com.au/Orangutans-Survival-Information/About-Palm-Oil.aspx
Orangutan Fact Sheet: http://assets.panda.org/downloads/orangutan_factsheet2006.pdfPalm oil Action: http://www.palmoilaction.org.au/
Palm Oil and Orangutans: http://kids.mongabay.com/comelementary/palm.oil.htmlStep 2
Each group needs to prepare a powerpoint presentation of their findingsHere are some suggestions:Powerpoint presentation
Step 3
Once you have create your Mash up Video copy the link and record in your folder OR Watch the video Remember the question at the INTRODUCTION page?
Here is what another organisation did to raise awareness of the Palm Oil Issue
Watch the video Be warned it may offend some viewers
Step 2 Form two teams to debate the issue: Should the Food Label Bill be passed in Parliament and made into a law? Food Label Bill = The Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2011 Divide the class into two groups Group 1
Those that support the Bill Group 2
Those that oppose the Bill Step 3
Each group selects three members to represent their group. Step 4
Debate the FORS and AGAINST Follow the links to SUBMISSIONS http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/economics/PalmOil/subs.htm Debating resources:
PROCESS TASK 8 SELF EVALUATION You will complete the self-assessment rubric to evaluate your own learning and development throughout the project.
Individually and as a group reflect on what has been learned about the role palm oil plays in the deforestation of tropical rainforest and the loss of habitat for the orangutan.
Go to your portfolio and look at your KWL document and reflect on your entries
Also reflect on how students have worked with each other as members of a team to complete the task. GO TO EVALUATION TASK 8
PROCESS TASK 1
Step 1
Click on the picture to find out what the logo is
Step 2
Brainstorm session: Students to write down what they know about forests?
Use the KWL chart in EVALUATION Task 1 to record:
What you know about forests?
And/OR
Use Inspiration software to record Brainstorm session in words and pictures
Link to Inspiration software: http://www.inspiration.com/
Sign up for a free 30 day trial: http://www.inspiration.com/Educators
Step 3
Create a Portfolio for your work and save in a folder with your name. Save your KWL chart here.
Some ideas to get started:
Forest Structure/ Types of Forests /Location of Forests/ Importance of forests/ Livelihoods/ People of forests/ Forests matters/ Deforestation
GO TO EVALUATION for KWL document to record
GO TO TEACHERS PAGE for more information
PROCESS TASK 2
Lets find out a bit more about the science in a temperate forest
Step 1
Click on the pictures to find out
Dirt Detectives: Trees & Soils Walk/ Forest Layers Walk/ I.D. a Tree Walk/ Observing Seasonal Changes Walk
Step 2
Write two interesting science facts for each video.
Step 3
Share these facts with the class
Step 4
Discuss as a class what this might mean for forests
Use the KWL chart in EVALUATION Task 1 to record findings
AND
As a class record what you have learnt more about forests using Inspiration software (from TASK 1)
Step 5
Now go to this site and record three facts about a rainforest
Shades of Green: Earth's Forests (ThinkQuest):Journey into the Earth's forests: http://library.thinkquest.org/17456/
Rainforest: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/idit.htm
Step 6
Extension Activity:
Carry out the same tasks shown in the forest walk in a local area chosen for fieldwork by your teacher.
For example, water or soil testing; place a board and return a fortnight later to see what has moved in; what lives under a rotting log; what life can you find?
Rotting Log Researcher: Do a real rotting log and leaf study
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/education/conservationcentral/pdfs/M3rottinglog.pdf
ID It: online Dichotomous Key: Identify trees in your schoolyard, backyard, ot local bushland. Print out some pages to make up your own tree ID guide: http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/idit.htm
GO TO EVALUATION TASK 2
PROCESS TASK 3
Step 1
Play one or more of the games below:
Forest Game: You can just click on the picture and it will go directly to the game, link below:
Or The Lorax Quest Game (use the FORTH arrow to navigate to game)
Step 2: What is your score for the Forest Manager Game? How many Tuffulla seeds did you collect? What score did other class members get?
Step 3: Collect all the different scores from the class and record on an excel spreadsheet. If you played the Lorax Quest Game there are different levels as well.
Step 4: Create different graphs from the results using the excel graph function.
Find out how to create a chart (graph) in MS Excel: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/create-a-chart-HP001233728.aspx
GO TO EVALUATION TASK 3
PROCESS TASK 4
For this task you need to investigate: Is there a problem with palm oil?Step 1: The class can be divided into three research groups: 1. Palm Oil Production; 2. Palm Oil Products; 3. Palm Oil Plantations and orangutansGroup One: Palm Oil Production
Your task is to report on:
What is Palm Oil? Where is Palm Oil Grown?; How is Palm Oil grown?; What is a plantation and how does it differ from other forests?; Why does the growing of palm oil lead to deforestation?; Can Palm Oil be grown sustainably?Background resources
What is palm oil?: WWF Australia http://www.wwf.org.au/our_work/saving_the_natural_world/forests/palm_oil/
Group Two: Palm Oil ProductsYour task is to report on:
What is palm Oil used for?; What products contain Palm Oil?; How are food products that contain palm oil labelled?; Are there any substitutes to palm oil?; Is Palm Oil a healthy substitute for other food oil products?
Background resources
Palm oil and health: http://www.palmoilaction.org.au/palm-oil-human-health.html
Palm oil action: http://www.palmoilaction.org.au/
Group Three: Palm Oil Plantations and orangutans
Your task is to report on:
What effect do palm oil plantations have on the orangutans habitat?; What other species are under threat because of palm oil plantations in Indonesia?; What is being done to protect orangutans habitats in Indonesia?; What is being done in Australia to protect the habitat of the orangutan?
Background resources
Grasp - the great ape Survival project of UNEP: http://www.unep.org/Gasp/Australian Orangutan Project: http://www.orangutan.org.auBorneo Orangutan Survival (BOS Australia) http://www.orangutans.com.au/Orangutans-Survival-Information/About-Palm-Oil.aspx
Orangutan Fact Sheet: http://assets.panda.org/downloads/orangutan_factsheet2006.pdfPalm oil Action: http://www.palmoilaction.org.au/
Palm Oil and Orangutans: http://kids.mongabay.com/comelementary/palm.oil.htmlStep 2
Each group needs to prepare a powerpoint presentation of their findingsHere are some suggestions:Powerpoint presentation
Step 3
Groups present their presentations to class
GO TO EVALUATION TASK 4 for Rubric Assessment on Powerpoint presentation
PROCESS TASK 5
Step 1
In groups or individually go to Zoos Victoria Website
Zoos Victoria: http://wild.zoo.org.au/ and follow the links to the 'Don't Palm us off campaign" or go directly to site:
Zoos Victoria Don't palm us off campaign:
http://www.zoo.org.au/PalmOil
read what Zoos Victoria has been doing.
Step 2
Follow the link and create your own video:
Mash ups:http://wild.zoo.org.au/mashups/#/home
http://wild.zoo.org.au/mashups/#
Create your own mashup video: http://wild.zoo.org.au/mashups/#/dontpalmusoff/create
Don’t Palm us off Mashup: http://wild.zoo.org.au/mashups/#/dontpalmusoff
Here is an example of a mashup
Step 3
Once you have create your Mash up Video copy the link and record in your folder
OR
Watch the video
Remember the question at the INTRODUCTION page?
Here is what another organisation did to raise awareness of the Palm Oil Issue
Watch the video
Be warned it may offend some viewers
Step 2
Answer the following questions and record in your portfolio
Who was the organisation? Why did they do this add? What did they want to achieve? What was the outcome? Do you think it was fair of them to just pick on one company?Do you think the add is a good way to get a message across?What would be some other ways?
Websites:
Greenpeace: http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/en/what-you-can-do/take-action-online/
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/kitkat
Find out how the campaign went: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/Sweet-success-for-Kit-Kat-campaign/
OR
Create your own animation of the Palm Oil Issue
Go to http://goanimate.com/
Here is an example to help you get started:
GoAnimate.com: Palm Oil and Orangutans by palm oil
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
GO TO EVALUATION TASK 5
PROCESS TASK 6
Step 1
Refresh your knowledge of Parliament and Law making
'What is Parliament' before you begin go to:
What is parliament? Video: http://www.peo.gov.au/multimedia/video/whatIsParliament/transcript.html
Learn how a Bill is passed in Parliament:
http://www.peo.gov.au/multimedia/video/makingALaw/transcript.html
Step 2
Click on the picture below to play Pass the Bill
Step 3
What is the Bill that is currently being reviewed in Parliament in regards to Palm Oil?
Click on the link below:
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/economics/PalmOil/index.htm
What is it about? If it is passed what does this mean?
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/economics/PalmOil/report.htm
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/economics/PalmOil/report/Front.pdf
Step 4
Follow the links to SUBMISSIONS
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/economics/PalmOil/subs.htm
List the groups and organisations that are supporting the Bill amendments
List the groups and organisations that are oppossing the Bill amendments
Record in your portfolios
Step 5
Predict if you think the Bill amendments will be passed. Record you prediction.
Share with the class, create a record of predictions.
GO TO EVALUATION TASK 6
TASK 7
Should the Food Label Bill be passed in Parliament and made into a law?
Have a debate and see which team presents the best argument
Step 1
From the previous TASK analyse the submissions
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/economics/PalmOil/subs.htm
Use the the inspiration software and template below to help
Step 2
Form two teams to debate the issue:
Should the Food Label Bill be passed in Parliament and made into a law?
Food Label Bill = The Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2011
Divide the class into two groups
Group 1
Those that support the Bill
Group 2
Those that oppose the Bill
Step 3
Each group selects three members to represent their group.
Step 4
Debate the FORS and AGAINST
Follow the links to SUBMISSIONS
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/economics/PalmOil/subs.htm
Debating resources:
GO TO EVALUATION TASK 7
PROCESS TASK 8
SELF EVALUATION
You will complete the self-assessment rubric to evaluate your own learning and development throughout the project.
Individually and as a group reflect on what has been learned about the role palm oil plays in the deforestation of tropical rainforest and the loss of habitat for the orangutan.
Go to your portfolio and look at your KWL document and reflect on your entries
Also reflect on how students have worked with each other as members of a team to complete the task.
GO TO EVALUATION TASK 8